I just saw the new video for the wizard skill "Blizzard", and like all the comment's on that page and the comments around the web lately say, IT LOOKS TERRIBLE !!! like, seriously? this is blizzard !? it need's to look and feel awesome and it's really isn't, it look's like a cartoony water drops, it look's bad, lame, terrible.

I thought the same thing. You think it would be like the ray of frost animation with the first rune attribute, but over a cast area space with shards of ice coming down from the screen. Hopefully, additional runes will alter the animation?

a d2 skill should not look better than a d3 skill. looks more like rain than ice to me

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As I noted elsewhere, IMO, all of the returning Wizard skills looked and sounded better in D2 (with the possible exception of Frost Nova). This coming from someone who generally likes the art direction quite a bit. Pretty disappointing for me as the Mage class is usually my favorite.

I just saw the new video for the wizard skill "Blizzard", and like all the comment's on that page and the comments around the web lately say, IT LOOKS TERRIBLE !!! like, seriously? this is blizzard !? it need's to look and feel awesome and it's really isn't, it look's like a cartoony water drops, it look's bad, lame, terrible.

As I noted elsewhere, IMO, all of the returning Wizard skills looked and sounded better in D2 (with the possible exception of Frost Nova). This coming from someone who generally likes the art direction quite a bit. Pretty disappointing for me as the Mage class is usually my favorite.

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i almost always use the mage and archer class in games, in d3 the other classes are standing out more so for me. none of the wizard spells really have that "BOOM" factor to me. my wow mage was named apocaboom and i had planned to bring him back for d3 but i dont know if its fitting. the lazers that many people like i kind of hate. meteor does not look horrible to me couple others look ok but i really wanted more from the spell slinger

Yeah it looks just plain awful. Very dissapointed, as I was looking forward to this one. You would think they would have put more effort into one of the wizards signature skills than that. Archon was pretty dissapointing as well.

Guys you have to realize that the skill animation will change with runes. For instance, grasping chill will add a mist on the ground. Unrelenting storm will most likely beef up the animation to everyone's expectations.... Makes sense, similar to magic missile charged blast.

Guys you have to realize that the skill animation will change with runes. For instance, grasping chill will add a mist on the ground. Unrelenting storm will most likely beef up the animation to everyone's expectations.... Makes sense, similar to magic missile charged blast.

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I love how Blizzard intentionally used the basic skill and the nerds start to QQ and whine (some of the comments in the skill page are hilarious).

I love how Blizzard intentionally used the basic skill and the nerds start to QQ and whine (some of the comments in the skill page are hilarious).

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You know people who disagree with you don't have to be insulted for having a different opinion right? The projectiles coming down are pretty weak looking, but the cold wind thats kind of in the background of the animation is good.